24 Hours In Pictures

Kabul, Afghanistan: An Afghan man shows off his ram before a match. Ram fighting, as well as dog fighting, camel fighting, and Buzkashi, were all once banned under Taliban rule, but have grown in popularity since the overthrow of the islamist goverment

Tunis, Tunisia: A woman stands at the doorstep of her shelter built on public land on the outskirts of the capital. A few of the country's many poor have become squatters since the uprising, making use of post-revolution confusion to build on public land or move into vacant or half-completed buildings

Srinigar, Kashmir: Muslims watch as an unseen priest shows a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Muhammad at the Hazratbal Shrine on the last Friday of Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet Muhammad

Cairo, Egypt: Six-month old Shourouk is carried on her mother's shoulders, as tens of thousands of Egyptians gather to pray and celebrate the fall of the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak, and to maintain pressure on the current military rulers, in Tahrir Square

Sao Paulo, Brazil: Once a month Buddhist monks from the Busshinji temple meditate on the helipad of the 37-story high Copan building. The monks want to take meditation from the temple to the streets and they consider the building, created by renowned Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, a zen Buddhist mountain in the middle of the city

Bangkok, Thailand: A ''Red Shirts'' anti-government protester wears novelty sunglasses and a red wig during a demonstration at Ratchaprasong intersection. Thousands of protesters rallied in the capital to mark nine months since the bloody crackdown and press for the release for their detained leaders